Christmas trees, fairy lights, carols, hog roast, mulled wine, mince pies, snow and Santa were all brought in for Craven College's Winter Wonderland extravaganza.

The college held the event to celebrate the launch of its Tourism First Rural Innovation Centre at Skipton Auction Mart and the success of three projects.

The facility is next to Craven College's Centre for Rural and Equine Studies.

The training rooms are filled with students on the travel and tourism courses and sports and outdoor activities programmes from level two to degree level. Among the initiatives celebrating success were the Tourism Training Project, which offers subsidised training to leisure and tourism businesses. Also making strides is the More and Better Craven Businesses scheme, established by Tyro Training and funded by the European Social Fund.

It offers free training and support to encourage new business formation and assist new entrepreneurs in the difficult early years of their business.

Susan Hargreaves, manager of the new centre, said: "We hope to offer many more training opportunities to the community."